HISTORIC SITE FORM -- HISTORIC SITE INVENTORY PARK CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (06-09) 1 IDENTIFICATION

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1 HISTORIC SITE FORM -- HISTORIC SITE INVENTORY PARK CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (06-09) 1 IDENTIFICATION Name of Property: Judge Mine Aerial Tramway Address: Empire Canyon City, County: Park City, Summit County, Utah AKA: Tax Number: PCA-S-98-PCMR Current Owner Name: United Park City Mines Co. Parent Parcel(s): Current Owner Address: POB 1450, Park City, Utah Legal Description (include acreage): 2, acres; See Summit County Recorder for description. 2 STATUS/USE Property Category Evaluation* Reconstruction Use building(s), main Landmark Site Date: Original Use: Industrial building(s), attached Significant Site Permit #: Current Use: None building(s), detached Not Historic Full Partial building(s), public building(s), accessory structure(s) *National Register of Historic Places: ineligible eligible listed (date: ) 3 DOCUMENTATION Photos: Dates Research Sources (check all sources consulted, whether useful or not) tax photo: abstract of title city/county histories prints: 2009 tax card personal interviews historic: c. original building permit Utah Hist. Research Center sewer permit USHS Preservation Files Drawings and Plans Sanborn Maps USHS Architects File measured floor plans obituary index LDS Family History Library site sketch map city directories/gazetteers Park City Hist. Soc/Museum Historic American Bldg. Survey census records university library(ies): original plans: biographical encyclopedias other: other: newspapers Bibliographical References (books, articles, interviews, etc.) Boutwell, John Mason. Geology and Ore Deposits of the Park City District, Utah. United States. Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. Washington: GPO, "Funeral of George W. Lambourne." Park Record [Park City] 9 Aug. 1935: 1. Utah Digital Newspapers: Creating Citizen Historians. J. Willard Marriott Library. 6 Oct < Hampshire, David and Hal Compton. "Park City." From the Ground Up: The History of Mining in Utah. Ed. Colleen Whitley. Logan: Utah State University Press, "John J. Daly Dies." Park Record [Park City] 28 Oct. 1927: 4. Utah Digital Newspapers: Creating Citizen Historians. J. Willard Marriott Library. 13 Oct < Morrison, Sandra Reconnaissance Level Survey: Unincorporated Areas of Summit County: North Summit County, Snyderville Basin & Park City. Summit County: Summit County Historical Society, Noble, Bruce J. and Robert Spude. Guidelines for Identifying, Evaluating, and Registering Historic Mining Properties. Rev. ed. United States. Department of the Interior. National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places Bulletin 42. Washington: GPO, *Park City, Utah. Aerial photograph from Google Earth. March 5, Google, "Park Utah Consolidated Mines Co. Perfects Haulage Equipment Scheme." Salt Lake Mining Review 30 Jan. 1926: 11 Utah Digital Newspapers: Creating Citizen Historians. J. Willard Marriott Library. 8 Oct < Researcher/Organization: Preservation Solutions/Park City Municipal Corporation Date:

2 Judge Mine Aerial Tramway, Park City, Utah Page 2 of 3 Sanborn, D.A. "Sheet, Park City, Utah, 1907." Map. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. New York: Sanborn Map Co., J. Willard Marriott Library. 10 Oct <http>// "Sheet 18, Park City, Utah, 1907 (corrected to 1929)." Map. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. New York: Sanborn Map Co.,1929. Hal Compton Research Library. Park City Historical Society & Museum. 13 Oct Electronic "Sheet, Park City, Utah, 1907 (corrected to 1940)." Map. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. New York: Sanborn Map Co., Research Center of Utah State Archives and Utah State History. 15 Dec Microfilm: Reel 2, Grid "The Shadow of Death (John Judge)." Park Record [Park City] 17 Sept. 1892: 3. Utah Digital Newspapers: Creating Citizen Historians. J. Willard Marriott Library. 6 Oct < Thompson, George A. and Fraser Buck. Treasure Mountain Home: Park City Revisited Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press, Utah. State Historic Preservation Office. Architectural Survey Data for Park City. Salt Lake City: SHPO, Electronic. 4 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION & INTEGRITY Building Type and/or Style: Tram Towers No. Stories: N/A Additions: none minor major (describe below) Alterations: none minor major (describe below) Number of associated outbuildings and/or structures: accessory building(s), # ; structure(s), #. General Condition of Exterior Materials: Good (Well maintained with no serious problems apparent.) Fair (Some problems are apparent. Describe the problems.): General deterioration. Poor (Major problems are apparent and constitute an imminent threat. Describe the problems.): Uninhabitable/Ruin Materials (The physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time in a particular pattern or configuration. Describe the materials.): Site: Towers are located on hillsides along lower part of Empire Canyon. Foundation: Concrete. Walls: n/a, but structures are made of steel. Roof: n/a Windows/Doors: n/a Essential Historical Form: Retains Does Not Retain, due to: Location: Original Location Moved (date ) Original Location: Design (The combination of physical elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style. Describe additions and/or alterations from the original design, including dates--known or estimated--when alterations were made): Built in 1925, the five remaining towers of the judge Mine Aerial Tramway are steel with concrete foundations. Several of the towers have sections of cable attached and more cables are found if you hike along the tramway from tower to tower. Setting (The physical environment--natural or manmade--of a historic site. Describe the setting and how it has changed over time.): The setting is remote up in Empire Canyon and the towers themselves are placed along steep slopes with either exposed rock or densely wooded areas. The tramway used to connect the haulage tunnels to a large loading station lower in the canyon. The loading station was demolished in Workmanship (The physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during a given period in history. Describe the distinctive elements.): The physical evidence of the mining era is the type of concrete and the steel truss structures. Also,

3 Judge Mine Aerial Tramway, Park City, Utah Page 3 of 3 according to an account in the Salt Lake Mining Review, the tramway is a Trenton-type system that required some skill in designing and engineering due to the steeply sloped canyon walls. Feeling (Describe the property's historic character.): Individually, these towers do little to suggest the full mining history of Park City, but taken as a group and in relation to the other mine buildings and structures located in Empire Canyon, they do provide a sense of the early twentieth century mining operation. Association (Describe the link between the important historic era or person and the property.): The towers that make up the tramway are associated with the Judge Mine, later the Park Utah Consolidated Mine Company, and its principals, including John Judge, John Daly, and George Lambourne. 5 SIGNIFICANCE Architect: Not Known Known: American Steel & Wire(source: SLC Mining Review ) Date of Construction: c Builder: Not Known Known: (source: ) The site must represent an important part of the history or architecture of the community. A site need only be significant under one of the three areas listed below: 1. Historic Era: Settlement & Mining Boom Era ( ) Mature Mining Era ( ) Mining Decline & Emergence of Recreation Industry ( ) 2. Persons (Describe how the site is associated with the lives of persons who were of historic importance to the community or those who were significant in the history of the state, region, or nation): Those associated with the Judge Mine - John Judge, John Daly, and George Lambourne, among others. 3. Architecture (Describe how the site exemplifies noteworthy methods of construction, materials or craftsmanship used during the historic period or is the work of a master craftsman or notable architect): 6 PHOTOS Digital photographs are on file with the Planning Department, Park City Municipal Corp. Photo No. 1: Towers 1 and 2. Camera facing south, Photo No. 2: Tower 3. Camera facing northwest, Photo No. 3: Tower 4. Camera facing east, Photo No. 4: Tower 5. Camera facing northeast, 2009.

4 Judge Mine Site - Aerial Tramway Tower 1 and Tower 2, 2009

5 Judge Mine Site - Aerial Tramway Tower 3, 2009

6 Judge Mine Site - Aerial Tramway Tower 4, 2009 Tower 5, 2009